A police officer shot and killed a dog that appeared to be attacking a Pacifica resident's smaller dog Tuesday morning, police said.

Around 9:10 a.m. Tuesday, officers responded to a home on Adobe Drive after a female caller said a loose dog had come into her home through an open door and was attacking her dog, a Corgi, according to police.

When an officer arrived at the home, he saw the homeowner attempting to fend off a dog that was apparently attacking her smaller Corgi, police said.

The bigger dog, possibly a pit bull, chased the Corgi into another room and pinned it to the floor by its throat. The pit bull then released the dog and faced the officer and started at him, police said.

The dog was about 3 or 4 feet away when the officer, apparently fearing for his safety, shot one round of his service pistol at the pit bull, striking it in the chest area.

advertisement The dog then died, police said.

Peninsula Humane Society officers also assisted in the investigation and determined that the pit bull and a loose Husky found in the area both belonged to a nearby resident. Humane officers said they would contact the dogs' owner.

The Corgi was taken to an animal hospital to be treated for its injuries suffered during the attack.

Any further action in this case will be handled by the Peninsula Humane Society, police said.

For no good reason, this reminded me of when my wife and I were first married. We lived in a community that was divided by canals, and several canals over there was a Saint Bernard that would walk around to our house to carry our dachshund to his house. Our dachshund never got hurt, except for his pride.

Not all dogs have the ability to inflict sever injury when they are vicious unless the victim is an infant. Most adults will suffer very little damage from the attack of a Chihuahua or a yorkie.Not so concerning large breeds.

From my read of the article I see that the pitbull was in the house of the corgi owner (not the house of the pitbull owner) and was attacking her dog. When a dog has another dog by the throat it is trying to kill it. The dog then turned on the officer and he shot it dead.

I don’t see a problem with what the officer did really. He was defending the dog of the home owner. He was defending himself from a vicious dog. It was a justifiable shooting. The dog was in a home it had invaded and was put down before it could injure or kill either the corgi or the cop.

So it surprises me that so many here would get mad at the cop for shooting this dog. Are there that many animal rights people on here who would say a dog is more valuable than a human? Or is it just you are pitbull lovers who think these dogs are painted with a bad press rap?

I think this was the way I would deal with it if a dog that wasn’t my own broke into my home and was attacking my dog or child.

The only way this story could have been better is if the irresponsible pit bull owner whose dog was running loose and attacking other dogs in their own homes was inadvertently stuck by a stray bullet in the testicles.

It is not that many are defending the dog it is more that they are being critical of the cop. In this case the cop preformed well IMHO, but in many other reported instances the cops shot dogs that they should not.

I’ve read about them and seen the hate for cops on here for such things. I also understand that some of these cops did shoot dogs for no good reasons.

But I can’t see where we should lump all of these police in the same bunch as those bad shootings. Are we just going to jump on the cops in every incident and doesn’t that make us as crazy about who, what, where and how as any PETA or liberal loon who looks for another reason to hate cops?

I guess I was just surprised at how much hate was being spewed at a cop who did, in my opinion, the right thing.

If a human or animal has entered my home and was doing anything remotely like this to my pet or family they would be shot to death.

I will always value human life over any animals life. And I love my dog, cat, bearded dragon very much.

Yes many just jump to the conclusion that the cop is wrong or that the pit bull is at fault without bothering with each specific case. Also many here automatically jump to the defense of any cop even if the cop was in the wrong.

Sadly preconceived notions get in the way of real reviews of reporting/evidence.

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